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Live/Online: Leeds Lieder Festival - The Dawn of Time
with first performance of Deborah Pritchard's The World
Part of the Leeds Lieder 2022 Festival
Add to my Calendar 29-04-2022 22:00 30-04-2022 00:00 36 Live/Online: Leeds Lieder Festival - The Dawn of Time Commissioning new works at Leeds Lieder was a founding tenet of the organisation. In this recital we unveil Deborah Pritchard’s The World. Metaphysical poetry, including that by Henry Vaughan, has inspired Deborah’s writing of this cycle, touching on themes of light, time, the transcendental, the cosmos and the human spirit. A rare performance of the piano version of Mahler’s Der Abschied completes their late night recital. Pre-concert talk: Deborah Pritchard joins us to discuss her commissioned cycle The World, and to allow us an insight into her compositional process. Admission: Free but please book Howard Assembly Room, Leeds DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Howard Assembly Room
46 New Briggate
Leeds
LS1 6NU
England
Programme
Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde: Der Abschied
Errollyn Wallen – Rain
Errollyn Wallen – North
Errollyn Wallen – Peace on Earth
Errollyn Wallen – About here
Deborah Pritchard – The World
Performers
Ruby Hughes – soprano
Joseph Middleton – Piano
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Programme Note
Commissioning new works at Leeds Lieder was a founding tenet of the organisation. In this recital we unveil Deborah Pritchard’s The World. Metaphysical poetry, including that by Henry Vaughan, has inspired Deborah’s writing of this cycle, touching on themes of light, time, the transcendental, the cosmos and the human spirit. A rare performance of the piano version of Mahler’s Der Abschied completes their late night recital.
Pre-concert talk: Deborah Pritchard joins us to discuss her commissioned cycle The World, and to allow us an insight into her compositional process. Admission: Free but please book
